Are these 6foot tables? Tiny Tables on tournament video

christopheradam

Christopher Adams
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Check this video out and let me know if you think they are 6foot tables. They look very small. I have heard of 6foot tables but never actually played on a 6foot table. I've only played on 7foot barbox tables, 8footers and 9footers. Heres the link:

6foot Barbox table?
 
christopheradam said:
Check this video out and let me know if you think they are 6foot tables. They look very small. I have heard of 6foot tables but never actually played on a 6foot table. I've only played on 7foot barbox tables, 8footers and 9footers. Heres the link:

6foot Barbox table?

They look like 7-footers.

I've played on a 6-foot table. They are tiny!

Barbara
 
christopheradam said:
Check this video out and let me know if you think they are 6foot tables. They look very small.
They are 6 foot tables. I went to Ireland several years back, and this is the type of table that is in every pub there. They also have the same type of ball configuration. All the tables I saw had 4 red balls, 4 yellow balls, and 1 black ball. The game there is played like short rack 8 ball with each player taking a color (either red or yellow), sinking all the balls in their group, then sinking the black ball for the win. I was told that the play with 15 balls in tournaments, but in pubs that there are usually only 9 balls in the table.

Mike
 
They're UK 8 Ball tables. The video is a little too fuzzy to tell, but they usually have rounded pockets like a Snooker table, and the balls are 2 1/8". 6' tables are very common in pubs and bars throughout the UK due to their typically small size. This is the kind of table I grew up playing on. A 7' table is considered "Pro" size, and 8' is a luxury you very rarely see. Typically they use under-sized cue balls (2") to provide the cue-ball return functionality, which make shooting balls down a rail very hard to do.

The other give-aways are the red and yellow object balls, the snooker cue the player is using and the fact he's wearing a waistcoat and formal shirt.

Oh, and if they are playing "classic" UK 8 Ball rules the 3-ball combo he plays (Red-yellow-red) is a great shot, because if the yellow had been the only ball in the pocket he would not have been allowed to make it with his red. (Making your opponents ball at any time even if you hit yours first is a foul.)
 
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